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On the 2022 Sunshine List · 4 years

Ranil R Sonnadara

Special Advisor and Executive Director · McMaster University
2022 Total Compensation Paid
$118,313.29
▼ 26.8% since 2017

Ranil R Sonnadara was paid $118,313.29 in total compensation as Special Advisor and Executive Director at McMaster University in 2022, 18% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Ranil R Sonnadara has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 4 times since 2017, earning $721K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $180,144.00 a year, down 27% over that span.

That is 29% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$118,313.29
Latest compensation
in 2022
$721K
Total compensation
across 4 years
$180,144.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-26.8%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

4 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$100K$133K$167K$201K$235K2017202020212022
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Ranil R Sonnadara's total compensation has moved across 4 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2021 · $222,105.16
Lifetime total compensation$721K
Annual average$180,144.00
Total growth since 2017-26.8%
Biggest raise+35.1% (2020)
Biggest drop-46.7% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

4 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2022Latest
Special Advisor and Executive Director$118,313.29▼ 46.7%
2021★ Best
Special Advisor and Executive Director↑ role changed$222,105.16▲ 1.7%
2020
Special Advisor and Executive Director / Associate Professor↑ role changed$218,485.60▲ 35.1%
2017First
Special Advisor and Executive Director$161,670.29
4 years total$721K total$180,144.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Special Advisor and Executive Director
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2022
Years on list
4

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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